Family of 96-year-old woman hit and killed by car in Londonderry mourns loss

Family of 96-year-old woman hit and killed by car in Londonderry mourns loss

Manuala Garcia Concepcion was crossing the street to get the mail

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Updated: 10:38 PM EDT Oct 22, 2016

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AND FIND OUT WHAT
THEY WERE DOING WITH THAT
PACKAGE AND WHY THEY LEFT IT AT
WAL-MART.
>> AND IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION
ON THE, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL
POLICE.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF A 96-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN HIT AND KILLED BAY CAR IN
LONDONDERRY FRIDAY NIGHT ARE
DESPERATE FOR MORE ANSWERS.
THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM
AS MANUELA GARCIA CONCEPCION
>> IT JUST HIT ME TODAY.
>> THE DAUGHTER OF MANUELA
GARCIA CONCEPCION IS JUST
STARTING TO GRASP THE REALITY
THAT HER MOM WAS KILLED FRIDAY.
BETTY BRETSHNEIDER AND HER MOM
HAVE LIVED TOGETHER FOR
DECADES.
BUT THEIR TYPICAL FRIDAY NIGHT
ROUTINE TURNED DEADLY LAST
NIGHT.
MANUELA GARCIA CONCEPCION
CROSSED THE STREET TO GET THEIR
MAIL AND -- ON HIGH RANGE ROAD.
>> I HEARD A BIG BANG AND I
THOUGHT THERE WAS A COLLISION
WITH ANOTHER SCAR SKSH CAR THE
I SAID WHAT WAS THAT?
I WENT OUTSIDE.
>> HER PANIC WOULD SOON TURN TO
HEARTACHE.
BY THE TIME BETTY MADE IT
OUTSIDE, HER NEIGHBOR HAD
ALREADY FOUND OUT THE VICTIM OF
THE CRASH WAS BETTY'S MOTHER.
.
>> WHAT FOLLOWED WAS ANING A ON
IVESING WAIT AT THE HOSPITAL IN
DERRY UNTIL THE DOCTOR TOLD
BETTY HER MOM HAD INTERNAL
BLEEDING A MULTIPLE BROKEN
BONLTSE
>> I SAID IS SHE OK?
THEY SAID NO, SHE'S DEAD.
>> THE FAMILY IS STRUGGLING TO
COPE WITH IT AUGHT -- ALL AND
ALSO TO PAY FOR THE BURIAL
EXPENSES.
THEY'VE STARTED A GO FUND ME
PAGE TO HELP.
MEANTIME, HER DAUGHTER IS
LOOKING BACK ON THE LIFE HER
MOTH LIVED.
>> THEY ARE PLANNING A SERVICE
FOR THE VICTIM NEXT SATURDAY AT
THEIRCIC IN DERY.

Family of 96-year-old woman hit and killed by car in Londonderry mourns loss

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Bretshneider is just starting to grasp the reality that her mom was killed Friday.

She and her mom have lived together for decades.

But their typical Friday night routine turned deadly.

Concepcion crossed the street to get their mail on High Range Road around 6 p.m.

"I heard a big bang and I thought there was a collision with another car and then a long screech before it could stop. I said ’What was that?’ and I went outside and I was panicking,” Bretshneider said.

Her panic soon turned to heartache. By the time Bretshneider made it outside, her neighbor had already found out the victim of the crash was Bretshneider’s mother.

“Her son was holding my mom’s hand all this time. But he said there was a heartbeat but she wasn’t breathing,” Bretshneider said.

What followed was an agonizing wait at the hospital in Derry before a doctor finally told Bretshneider her mom had internal bleeding and multiple broken bones.

“I said, ‘Is she OK?’ and he said ‘No, she’s dead.’"

Now the family is seeking more answers about what led up to the crash and also struggling to pay for the cost of it all.

They’ve started a GoFundMe page hoping to raise $5,000 to bring Bretshneider’s daughter back home and help pay for expenses.

In the meantime, Bretshneider is looking back on the life her mom lived.

"I wanted her to live a healthy life."

Funeral arrangements are still being made but family is planning a service for Concepcion next Saturday at their church in Derry.